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Here's the full length reaction to The Godfather Part II! I wasn't going to continue with The Godfather sequels, but I read so many comments saying that this one was as good/if not better than the first! I loved seeing Vito's backstory woven though what was currently happening with the Corleone family, and Robert De Niro is so good in this role! And FYI (so that you're not waiting around for it), I'm not planning on watching Part III.  Enjoy!

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THE GODFATHER PART II - Full Length Reaction!

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Alex Tan

Happy Wednesday, Addie. This is another reaction that we also can't refuse. This is a prime example of a sequel that's greater than or equal to the original. Seeing Vito Corleone's rise to power in the prequel section was phenomenal, especially with Robert De Niro's performance throughout. Seeing Vito's mom and brother getting killed shortly after his father's funeral was heartbreaking. No wonder why he sought revenge against the men who killed her. I also got a good laugh out of Frank Pentangeli trying to get the orchestra to play an Italian Tarantella, only for them to play Pop Goes The Weasel. BTW, nice A24 t-shirt.

Alex Tan

...and if you don't plan on watching The Godfather: Part III (1990), at least watch the newly recut version called The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone (2020). It's FAR more superior to the theatrical cut. #TheGodfatherCodaTheDeathOfMichaelCorleoneForAddieCounts

Randee Carreno

Happy Wednesday, Addie! 😊 I'm really looking forward to this one. I've only seen bits and pieces of this movie. And I've heard some people say that it's one of the best ever movie sequels. I hope that you end up watching Part 3. Just to complete that trilogy. Looking forward to watching this reaction later this evening. Have a great day today! 😊

Julian San

Christmas comes early with The Godfather part II reaction!

Alex Tan

I also hope that she ends up watching Oppenheimer (2023), next week. I've been pushing for that since Thanksgiving week. #OppenheimerForAddieCounts

Corks

The whole Michael-Roth-Pentangeli thing took me several watches to understand when I first saw these movies. Roth was really the person who tried to have Michael killed. Michael did not want Roth to know that he knew though, so when he met with Roth, Michael played it off as he thought it was Pentangeli. Michael wanted to keep his relationship with Roth strong because of how much money he was staged to make in Cuba with him. Then when Michael tells Pentangeli that it was Roth who tried to kill him, here he is telling the truth. However later when Pentangeli goes to “settle his differences with the Rosato brothers”, Roth has this meeting staged to make it appear that Michael was double crossing Pentangeli. This has the desired affect, as Pentangeli is taken away thinking that Michael has double crossed him. In reality Roth doesn’t want Michael around, because of what Michael said “He thinks he’s going to live forever” and Roth stands to make more money if Michael is out of the equation. So Roth decides to take down the entire Corleone family. His plan is to trick Pentangeli into turning on Michael because Pentangeli can incriminate Michael directly. After the staged meeting, Roth puts his Senate connections on to Pentangeli and gets them to open an investigation into the Corlene family with Pentangeli as the star witness. Later we see this plan fall apart after Michael brings Pentangeli’s brother to the hearing as a threat. Hopefully I got all that right!

Tenn Seven

So the guy who takes Vito for the rug is Clemenza, the "leave the gun, take the cannoli" guy from the first movie. The third member of their crime trio that Fanucci tries to shake down is Tessio, the guy who tried to betray Michael in the first movie. Also, if anyone is ever in New York, I definitely recommend the Ellis Island tour, it is really interesting!

Tenn Seven

"It was never Pantangeli, I've always known that. It was Roth all along.

Corks

A couple other comments: -- The senator didn't kill the prostitute, the Corleones did. Somehow they got the senator unconscious and staged it so that when he woke up it would look like he'd done it. They were able to do this because the Corleone's owned that brothel and Geary was an apparently oblivious customer. That is why later in the movie he is more hospitable towards them, because he thought they had that on him. -- I love the last scene with the flashback to 1941. Ironic that Fredo was the only one who supported Mike at the time but then Mike ruthlessly killed Fredo anyway. -- I'm glad you commented on the room next to the lake! That scene is one of my favorite parts of of the movie just because of the beautiful setting; the cool room with the great view of the heavy snow falling over Lake Tahoe. I wish that was real and a place I could go and sit. -- The deleted scenes from the Godfather I & II are worth a watch. They are on Youtube and last about an hour.

Mr. Writhms

Addie, I envy that young Robert De Niro movies are new to you. I don’t even know where to tell you to begin. IMDB has him listed for over 130 roles. He’s done comedies, dramas, suspense thrillers, even horror with the remake of “Frankenstein” (1994). I guess to start off, I would recommend you see De Niro’s performance in the Martin Scorsese remake of the suspense thriller “Cape Fear” (1991). Also he’s played a lot of gangster roles, but I feel you should wait on those for now. He has more range than that. Perhaps check him out in the excellent action comedy “Midnight Run” (1988). Then there’s his highly underrated performance in the drama “Awakenings” (1990), co-starring Robin Williams. In any case, I really look forward for you to do more De Niro reactions.

Jay Robert

Just noticed your A24 shirt! ❤️

Alex Tan

I second Taxi Driver (1976), The Deer Hunter (1978), Raging Bull (1980) and Cape Fear (1991). I'll also throw in Mean Streets (1973), Goodfellas (1990), Casino (1995), Heat (1995), The Fan (1996), Ronin (1998), Men of Honor (2000), The Score (2001), as well as his more comedic movies like Analyze This (1999), Analyze That (2002), Meet the Parents (2000), Meet the Fockers (2004), Little Fockers (2010) and The Intern (2015). #MoreRobertDeNiroForAddieCounts

Alex Tan

Speaking of A24, I do hope that you'll watch more of their movies after watching Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022). #MoreA24ForAddieCounts

Clay F

Bleak. I recommend Taxi Driver (1976) (nominated forBest Picture Oscar) that has a young Robert De Niro (as a taxi driver) and a 12-year old Jodie Foster (as a prostitute). Both De Niro and Foster were nominated for Oscar.

Randolph Tirazona

Ya expected the Star Wars Trilogy to be bad, but you found out they weren't bad. The same can be said of Godfather Part 3.

Myth Oceanas

The 3rd movie isn’t bad, but it definitely isn’t up to par with the first 2. It’s one of those movies it worth watching at least once. Coppola did not want to do a 3rd movie, but he did want to work with his daughter and that was his focus going into it. The Coppola family has always been close and there is a documentary about how involved the family was in the first two movies. Sofia playing characters in all 3 movies.